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« Reply #20865 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 10:44:10 » |
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My uncle shouldn't be allowed near computers.
Every few months he phones me with problems and I take his pc away for a few days and clean it up.
This week it found 23 things with ESET and a touch over 2000 with Malwarebytes. He removed McAfee a month ago because the nagging annoyed him. He downloads and installs anything.
For instance, he was searching for a manual for his Samsung S4 (obviously using the helpful esurf.biz that was his new default homepage/search engine) and downloaded an exe, which he said took ages to install... He wanted pictures of his grandkids for a screensaver and downloaded numerous screensavers to try and solve this problem.
I'm now having it back inside a few days as despite all the cleaning, he's still got something going on as he's now getting ads on his desktop. He said it's the first time he's used it since I gave it back. Fuck I hate that machine.
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Sippo
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I ain't gettin on no plane fool
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« Reply #20866 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 10:46:04 » |
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Just remember Tron is your friend.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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pauld
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« Reply #20867 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 11:17:04 » |
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Fuck I hate that machine.
Don't think the machine is the problem  |
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Red Frog
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« Reply #20868 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 11:18:44 » |
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Don't think the machine is the problem You know PICNIC? |
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Tout ce que je sais de plus sūr ą propos de la moralité et des obligations des hommes, c'est au football que je le dois. - Albert Camus
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #20869 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 11:18:57 » |
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PEBCAK
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« Reply #20870 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 11:21:42 » |
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Don't think the machine is the problem The elderly and IT are always a dangerous combination, I had a box of rat poison turn up unexpectedly last week because 'Amazon must have messed up the delivery address' Hmmmmmmm |
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Red Frog
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« Reply #20871 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 11:23:11 » |
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PEBCAK
What's PEBCAK? PICNIC's catchier. |
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Tout ce que je sais de plus sūr ą propos de la moralité et des obligations des hommes, c'est au football que je le dois. - Albert Camus
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Barry Scott
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« Reply #20872 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 12:36:31 » |
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Don't think the machine is the problem Quite. It's definitely a user problem, not a computer problem. If he just learnt to read prompts there'd be less pain. I do hate it though. It's quite a low spec, it's got a shit touchpad, it's full of bloaty fucking startup crap (all shit he kind of needs) and it's Windows  . Nothing happens quickly when you're fixing it. |
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Ells
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« Reply #20873 on: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 15:40:56 » |
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People complaining about trains being late/delayed when it's obvious someone is seriously ill.
If it was one of your family I doubt you'd be cursing the fact there's ambulance crew there!
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Jamiesfuturewife
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« Reply #20874 on: Thursday, October 1, 2015, 20:00:30 » |
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I know the army have to practice but never known the banging from Sailsbury plain be this loud before? My windows are shaking!
Could even hear it at work all the way over near Lyneham?
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« Reply #20875 on: Thursday, October 1, 2015, 20:03:20 » |
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All you need to do is Vote Corbyn and, voila, the army will disappear!
Problem solved.
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« Reply #20876 on: Thursday, October 1, 2015, 20:05:43 » |
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« Reply #20877 on: Friday, October 2, 2015, 13:03:13 » |
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I know the army have to practice but never known the banging from Sailsbury plain be this loud before? My windows are shaking!
Could even hear it at work all the way over near Lyneham?
Write to your MP. "I would like the army to use quieter explosives please" |
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pauld
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« Reply #20878 on: Friday, October 2, 2015, 13:04:30 » |
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Write to your MP.
"I would like the army to use quieter explosives please"
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Ells
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« Reply #20879 on: Friday, October 2, 2015, 21:08:15 » |
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I heard a huge explosion-y noise earlier.. Unfortunately I live nowhere near Salisbury plain and I was in a prison (in a work capacity, honest)
The best bit was that absolutely nothing happened other than after about 10 minutes a guy came outside, peered over a fence and then went back indoors again. I certainly didn't understand it even if explosion noises are probably not the most trivial under the circumstances..
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